peg

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The market doesn’t think oil will stay this high for long: Futures markets peg the price of Brent delivered in April next year at around $80 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Because the rate serves as a peg for home loans, it helped pull the 30-year mortgage rate below 6% for the first time since 2022.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

The fund is a backstop for the Hong Kong dollar's currency peg to the greenback.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Nature has given us a peg, with the death Jan. 13 of former UC Berkeley scientist Peter Duesberg, at 89.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

A suction sleeve liner goes right over my stump, and it has a two-inch notched metal peg sticking out of the bottom of it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen